%0 Journal Article %T Surgical treatment of esophageal leiomyoma larger than 5 cm in diameter: A case report and review of the literature %A Sun, Xuefei %A Wang, Jiabang %A Yang, Guotao %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2011 %B 2011 %9 %! Surgical treatment of esophageal leiomyoma larger than 5 cm in diameter: A case report and review of the literature %K %X Although leiomyoma is the most common benign esophageal neoplasm, it is a rare condition. Resection of the tumor is recommended in symptomatic patients, and observation is recommended in asymptomatic patients with small lesions. We discussed here a patient admitted to our hospital for dyspepsia in whom a calcified mediastinal neoplasm was diagnosised preoperatively and esophageal leiomyoma was diagnosised postoperatively. Enucleation of a leiomyoma of the esophagus is recommended and the optimal approaches should be tailored based on the location and size of the tumor. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/266 %V 4 %N 3 %P 323-326 %@ 2077-6624